National Napping Day/Protect-A-Bed Mattress Protector Giveaway!

 Here is more information about National Napping Day and Protect-A-Bed:

Company’s mattress protectors create a comfortable, allergy-free nap environment


CHICAGO (March 15, 2010) – Napping is an art – an art studies show bolsters health and creativity. History has produced a legion of great nappers. Among them are Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Edison and Lord Byron, who after sweet slumbers achieved great feats of art, science and literature.


Is this a coincidence – this combination of greatness and napping? On this Napping Day, we at Protect-A-Bed think not. Napping Day is the first Monday after daylight saving time begins. It’s the day when the majority of us, a bit weary from losing an hour of sleep, desperately long for a short siesta. And, those of us at Protect-A-Bed believe you should cave to that longing.


Studies abound tout the benefits of napping, from enhancing memory and learning, to improving work performance, and increasing mental acuity and overall health. That’s why on the first Monday after daylight saving time begins, it’s fitting to celebrate the benefits of the nap and those who take them.


However, those who nap the best understand a sleeping place needs protection from allergens and dust mites. After all, waking from a nap with the sniffles is no way to wake up at all.


Research shows 10 percent of the general public and as many as 90 percent of people with allergic asthma (depending on the study you read) have an allergy to dust mites. And, dust mites love spoiling our napping refuge, taking up residence in mattresses and pillows. In fact, as many as two million dust mites can thrive in an unprotected mattress.


Besides dust mites, it’s not unusual for other allergy triggers like pollen and pet dander to become trapped within mattresses. By using a mattress protector, allergy sufferers can create an impermeable barrier between themselves and the allergens within their bed. By coupling mattress protection with pillow protectors that seal allergens within pillows, people can create a virtually allergy-free nap space.


So today, harness the creative power that comes from napping, and embrace your inner Da Vinci. And remember, the art of napping needs a canvas, and that canvas comes from Protect-A-Bed.


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About Protect-A-Bed®


Protect-A-Bed offers consumers a complete line of protective bedding products to create a Healthy Sleep Zone. The unique technology featured in Protect-A-Bed’s mattress and pillow protectors was developed in South Africa in 1980 before the company was officially established in the United States in 2000. Now selling in 27 countries, Protect-A-Bed is a worldwide leader in mattress protection innovation. The company developed the proprietary Miracle Membrane® and patented Bug Lock® and Secure Seal®, which help create a dry, bed bug free, anti-allergy sleep zone for people of all ages. Protect-A-Bed products are listed as a Class 1 Medical Device with the Food and Drug Administration and have received the Good Housekeeping Seal. For more information, visit https://www.protectabed.com./

Like all of that isn’t cool enough, there is more!!

On Monday(that’s today!) only, Protect-A-Bed will be hosting a Twitter contest where they will be giving away sets of Premium Pillow Protectors to those who share the funniest place they’ve ever taken a nap. To enter, follow @Protect_A_Bed on Twitter and use the hashtag #nappingday to share your funniest or strangest nap location. How cool would it be to win a set of those?  I know I would LOVE some for my bed(and my rare naps).  Okay, calm down….I know this is just about to knock your socks off, but it gets EVEN better because Protect-A-Bed wants to give you, one of my fabulous readers a Queen Size Protect-A-Bed Premium Mattress Cover (retail value $79.99)(U.S. Entries Only, please)
So here is the deal!  Leave me a comment(include your email address or I just can’t contact you if you win and that would be a huge bummer!) by finishing one of the following statements:

If I don’t get a nap soon…..(be as funny and creative as possible)

A nap on a Protect-A-Bed Mattress Protector would be great because…….

Follow me on Twitter and tweet with a link to the post and leave me a comment telling me you do so and include your Twitter id(because I will check)

If you do all three above, you get three entries! Simple as that!  So, hurry and enter because this giveaway ends at 6 p.m. on Wednesday March 17, 2010.  I will use https://www.random.org/ to choose a winner. Good luck….and now, go take a nap!